Touch the Poem (hc) - Couverture rigide

Adoff, Arnold

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0590479709 ISBN 13 : 9780590479707

Editeur : Blue Sky Press, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Adoff Arnold

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Booklist--March, 2000
Adoff, Arnold. Illus. by Desimini, Lisa. Touch the
Poem. Apr. 2000. 32p. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $16.95 (0-590- 47970-9). DDC: 811.
Ages 4-8. The solid imagery of Adoffs poetry takes on a
visual dimension when paired with Desimini's bold pho- tographs. The experiences that touch a child's senses are celebrated here in poems that range from a walk on the beach to the feel of the fuzz on a peach as it rubs against the eater's lip. Sometimes both the poetry and the art are whimsical. A verse about the ways a little girl can relieve an itchy back ends with the idea of dropping a cat down her shirt. The photograph shows the girl sitting with her back to the camera, paw marks running down her shirt, and the cat trotting out of the picture. Other poems and illustrations are more observational: a few lines about what ice cream tastes like on a hot day, with a picture of a child's head tipped back as the child licks an ice-cream cone. Not all the pictures are successful. In one photo a baby's leg looks more like an arm with a foot attached. But in most cases, the colorfw photos and the bright words will please a wide age range. -Ilene Cooper

Biographie de l'auteur :

Arnold Adoff grew up in the Bronx where he discovered his love for writing. After graduating from New York’s City College, he went on to study at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. He was a teacher and counselor for twelve years and has taught in other educational projects at New York University and Connecticut College. Adoff lives with his wife, celebrated writer Virginia Hamilton and says his own writings reflect our diverse world and go beyond the so-called American’ literature texts I encountered as a student and teacher.”

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Blue Sky Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0590479709
• ISBN 13: 9780590479707
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Illustrateur: Desimini Lisa